(Copenhagen Post) Jacob el-Ali has become the first foreign fighter to be convicted of treason by a Danish court for joining the terror organisation Islamic State (IS).
The 33-year-old was sentenced to 14 years in prison by the City Court in Copenhagen yesterday after admitting to his guilt.
In earlier cases involving foreign fighters joining IS, convictions have only related to crimes [pertaining] to terrorism due to a lack of evidence proving that [defendants] took part in fighting. That was not the case yesterday.
“So much evidence has apparently been presented by the police that the man has decided to confess,” Jens Møller, a former homicide boss with Copenhagen Police, told TV2 News.
